Tuesday, July 27, 2010
27 days and counting...
 Portland, Oregon's Powell's Books is hosting a midnight release party for Mockingjay, the third and final book in Suzanne Collins's bestselling "Hunger Games" trilogy. The shindig will start at 9:00 p.m. and include a costume contest, trivia battle, and giveaways. Sadly, this is a Monday night event (August 23rd), so attendance might be limited to people who don't have to get up early on Tuesday (read: shrieking teenagers). Labels: Events, release dates, Suzanne Collins
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Lean Mean 13
 We have a title and release date for the thirteenth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Lean Mean Thirteen will be out on June 19th! For those of you who can't wait to see what Stephanie gets herself into this time, the first ten pages are up on Ms. Evanovich's website. You should definitely check them out! Labels: excerpt, Janet Evanovich, release dates, Stephanie Plum
Thursday, February 01, 2007
If you haven't already heard...
J.K. Rowling made the big announcement today: the seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be published on July 21. Make reservations at your local book store now, and swing by the forums on the main site to lay your bets in our Harry Potter death pool! (Maybe we'll have to come up with prizes...) Labels: Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, release dates
Friday, December 29, 2006
Possible release date...?
 The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that there's a possible Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release date of July 31, 2007. This information is based on a date provided by Baker and Taylor, a company that provides materials to public and school libraries, so we're hoping it's a fairly accurate source. Labels: Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, release dates
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Wordcandy loves Christmas books at Halloween
 Jennifer Crusie has an all-new novella coming out on October 31st. It's called Hot Toy, and it's part of the collection Santa, Baby (which will also feature novellas by Lori Foster and Carly Phillips). New stuff by Crusie is always exciting, and this will be her first release since early 2004 that wasn't either A) co-written with someone else, which does not result in her finest work, or B) an expensive re-release of one of her older books. Also, according to her blog, Ms. Crusie has no fewer than three other projects in the works: another collaboration (...meh) with Bob Mayer, a new collaboration with authors Anne Stuart and Eileen Dreyer, and her solo effort, an Agatha Christie tribute called You Again. Labels: Holiday, release dates
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Beauty Pop
 I'm happy to announce that Shojo Beat has picked up Kiyoko Arai's very funny manga Beauty Pop, and the first volume is due out on September 5th. Here's the official description: "Although a truly gifted hairstylist, Kiri Koshiba has no interest in using her talent to pursue fame and fortune, unlike the three popular boys in the "Scissors Project" at school. They give showy makeovers to handpicked girls, determined to become the best makeover team in Japan. As much as Kiri tries to shy away from the Scissors Project spotlight, she finds herself responding to beauty's call...
Kiri's friend Kanako gives a present to one of the members of the Scissors Project. Her act of kindness is interpreted as a bribe to get a makeover, and they reject her out of hand for being too ugly. Kiri decides to help Kanako and give the boys a lesson in what true beauty is." Uh, I'm not too sure about the whole "responding to beauty's call" business. I like our description better--think of the story as a hairstyling version of Robin Hood. Labels: manga, release dates
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Suzanne Collins news
 Still no release date beyond "sometime in 2007", but the fifth book in Suzanne Collins' super-awesome Underland Chronicles is going to be called Gregor and the Code of Claw, which is... kinda dorky, frankly, but I'm still excited about the book. P.S. I decided to buy the The Tick vs. Season One DVD. Netflix would take too long. P.S. I still feel like death warmed over. Labels: release dates, Suzanne Collins
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Peter Pan, part two
 British author Geraldine McCaughrean has written the first authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. It's called Peter Pan in Scarlet, and it's due out on October 5th. McCaughrean was chosen in 2004 by the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (who own the copyright to Peter Pan), after they held a worldwide contest to find the perfect author to continue Barrie's story. McCaughrean has written over a hundred novels for children and adults, and will split the profits from the novel 50/50 with the hospital. [ Source] P.S. ...yeah, I hate that cover. Labels: Charity, release dates
Monday, August 07, 2006
Harry Potter news
 The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will open on November 21, 2008, continuing the trend of one movie in the summer, the next in the fall of the following year. (The movie version of book five, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, will open on July 13, 2007.) In totally unrelated news, I'm currently enjoying a Korean soap opera called Sweet 18, which appears to have borrowed 85% of its plot from the Georgette Heyer novel Friday's Child. Fellow Heyer devotees should take note. Labels: Harry Potter, Movie, release dates
Monday, March 27, 2006
Books for Everyone
It seems that tomorrow the wordcandy authors are having an orgy of book releases. Some are reissue or paperback versions, but we do have some new ones in here for you to check out. I definitely know that my pocketbook is not going to handle tomorrow well. Enjoy!  Meg Cabot - Party Princess Laurell K. Hamilton - A Kiss of Shadows Laurell K. Hamilton - A Stroke of Midnight Tomoko Hayakawa - The Wallflower Volume 7 Eloisa James - Taming of the Duke Laurie R. King - Locked Rooms Jayne Ann Krentz - Lady's Choice Anne McCaffrey - An Exchange of Gifts Susan Elizabeth Phillips - Nobody's Baby But Mine and This Heart of Mine Nora Roberts - The MacGregors: Alan and Grant Neal Stephenson - The System of the World Part II: Odalisque Barbara Vine - The MinotaurLabels: release dates
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Portland, Oregon's Powell's Books is hosting a midnight release party for Mockingjay, the third and final book in Suzanne Collins's bestselling "Hunger Games" trilogy. The shindig will start at 9:00 p.m. and include a costume contest, trivia battle, and giveaways. Sadly, this is a Monday night event (August 23rd), so attendance might be limited to people who don't have to get up early on Tuesday (read: shrieking teenagers).
